relative humidity
noun
: the ratio of the amount of water vapor actually present in the air to the greatest amount possible at the same temperature
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Wind gusts could reach 35 mph, and relative humidity could be as low as 8-12%.
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Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 31 July 2025
Those seeds are dried down to a certain relative humidity and then frozen at -20 degrees Celsius, which is close to the temperature of a typical home freezer.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
From Saturday, June 21, to Monday, June 23, the heat index — a combination of atmospheric temperatures and relative humidity that determines how the heat really feels to the body — peaked at over 100 degrees each day.
—Lily Carey, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Meteorologists identified southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, combined with relative humidity as low as 7-12 percent, as primary drivers of the fire risk.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 31 July 2025
Those seeds are dried down to a certain relative humidity and then frozen at -20 degrees Celsius, which is close to the temperature of a typical home freezer.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
From Saturday, June 21, to Monday, June 23, the heat index — a combination of atmospheric temperatures and relative humidity that determines how the heat really feels to the body — peaked at over 100 degrees each day.
—Lily Carey, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Meteorologists identified southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, combined with relative humidity as low as 7-12 percent, as primary drivers of the fire risk.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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“Relative humidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20humidity. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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